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Jasper and Mount Robson

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Trip reports and GPS traces by objective for Jasper National Park, Mount Robson Provincial Park, and Grande Cache and the Willmore Wilderness north of them.

166 objectives indexed from 13 blogs, 50 of them with reports from more than one.

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Each entry links every trip report, video, or GPS trace the indexed blogs published for that objective. Hover a link to see the report’s own title, which is how combined trips and traverses show what else they cover.

Where an objective is on one of the four tick-lists, that is marked after the links: Kane and Nugara for scrambles and Don’t Waste Your Time for hikes, each carrying the book’s own grade, and the 11,000ers carrying the peak’s elevation. None of the three books is published online, and the 11,000ers is not a book at all, so every mark links to Adam Laycock’s page for that objective, which is the best canonical reference there is for one. Where there is a book, the route description is in it.

The line under each entry says who puts it where. Where the sources agree, that is one region with several names. Where they disagree, the objective is listed on every region page named, and the line links the others: the blogs file Bow Peak under both Banff and the Icefields Parkway, so it is on both pages.

A region marked inferred is not stated by any blog. It was worked out from where the blogs place the objectives around it: those climbed in the same trip, those a report links to, those near its trailhead, or those near where its name is on the map. Checked against objectives the blogs do place, these are right about nine times in ten, so treat one as a pointer rather than a fact. One marked weakly inferred rests on thinner or split evidence — a single linked report, a trailhead between two regions — and is only used where nothing else places the objective, so it may be listed under each region it could be in. Place-name positions are from the Canadian Geographical Names Database, under the Open Government Licence – Canada, and south of the border from the USGS Geographic Names Information System.

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  • Cabin — Adam Laycock · Don’t Waste Your Time — Dont Do
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Adam Laycock; Adam Laycock’s tick-lists
  • Cairngorm — Steven Song
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Steven Song; inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Camping (Rainbow Range) — Explor8ion
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Explor8ion
  • Campion Mountain — Steven Song
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Campus Pass — Adam Laycock · Don’t Waste Your Time — Premiere
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Adam Laycock; Adam Laycock’s tick-lists
  • Canoe Mountain — Steven Song
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: set by hand
  • Cavell Meadows — Adam Laycock, On-Top · Don’t Waste Your Time — Outstanding
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Adam Laycock; Adam Laycock’s tick-lists; inferred from On-Top’s trailhead
  • Center Mountain — Steven Song
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Steven Song
  • Chetamon Mountain — Steven Song
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Steven Song; inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Cheviot Mountain — Steven Song
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Steven Song; inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Chocolate Mountain — Spectacular Mountains
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Spectacular Mountains; inferred from 2 of the 2 placed Spectacular Mountains reports it links to
  • Cinnamon Peak — Steven Song
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Cinquefoil Mountain (Jacques Range) — Bob Spirko, Explor8ion, Sonny Bou, Adam Laycock, On-Top · Kane — Easy
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Explor8ion, Bob Spirko, Sonny Bou, Adam Laycock; Adam Laycock’s tick-lists; inferred from On-Top’s trailhead; inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Curator Mountain (Maligne Range) — Explor8ion
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Explor8ion; inferred from where the name is on the map

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  • Eaton Falls — On-Top
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: inferred from On-Top’s trailhead
  • Elysium Mountain — Steven Song
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Steven Song; inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Elysium Pass — Adam Laycock · Don’t Waste Your Time — Worthwhile
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Adam Laycock; Adam Laycock’s tick-lists
  • Endless Chain Ridge Shenanigans (Le Grande Brazeau) — Explor8ion
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Explor8ion
  • Eremite Valley — Adam Laycock · Don’t Waste Your Time — Outstanding
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Adam Laycock; Adam Laycock’s tick-lists
  • Evelyn Peak (Maligne Range) — Explor8ion
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Explor8ion
  • Excelsior Mountain — Steven Song
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Steven Song; inferred from where the name is on the map

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  • Geraldine Lakes — Adam Laycock · Don’t Waste Your Time — Worthwhile
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Adam Laycock; Adam Laycock’s tick-lists; inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Ghita Mountain — Steven Song
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Grande Mountain — Sonny Bou, On-Top
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Sonny Bou; inferred from On-Top’s trailhead; inferred from where the name is on the map
  • Grave Flats Lookout — Sonny Bou
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Sonny Bou

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  • Kinney Lake — On-Top
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: inferred from On-Top’s trailhead; inferred from where the name is on the map

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  • Quartal Peak (Le Grande Brazeau) — Explor8ion
    • Jasper and Mount Robson: Explor8ion

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Reports are the authors’ own accounts of one day in particular conditions, not route descriptions that stay true. Check current conditions and carry the judgement the terrain needs.

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